I'm sure it was operator error because I downloaded the FoxHound ROM on the phone instead of to my computer first. So when I went into recovery to flash it, the file wasn't in the root directory, I wasn't thinking.... I just flashed it from the "Download" folder after wiping the cache. No, I forgot to do a factory reset too and I was running CM nightly before.
It appeared to flash ok with no errors and rebooted. It started to come up with the Foxhound logo and such then went black. Dead, nothing. I pulled the battery, waited a few seconds, replaced it and still nothing. Someone help if it's possible or just tell me to contact Sprint for a new phone. When I plug it into my computer I get the tone sounds from the computer that indicated an unrecognized device and nothing pops up, not the usual sounds of a recognized device.
Thanks !
wipe data from recovery and you should be good to go. it's a soft brick, nothing to worry about
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wipe data from recovery and you should be good to go. it's a soft brick, nothing to worry about
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How do I go about doing that when I can't get the phone to be recognized on the computer and the phone itself is unwilling to even power up or do anything. I literally am looking at nothing. Any suggestions would be GREATLY APPRECIATED.
Volume up/home button /power on,all at the same time this will get you into recovery mode where you can factory reset , if that doesn't work you may need a jig.
Edit . Just read your last post again , is it totally dead even after taking the battery out , no charge led. If so then the motherboard has failed and you need to read the sudden death thread in general, mine died three days ago .
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Yeah, I've tried the volume up /home button/ power combo with no luck. What in the world is a jig and where do I get one? And then how do I use it? Thanks guys!
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Yeah, I've tried the volume up /home button/ power combo with no luck. What in the world is a jig and where do I get one? And then how do I use it? Thanks guys!
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Read my edit in my post, sorry to say I think the motherboard has failed if it's totally unresponsive.
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Thanks for the bad news....
Just curious though, since I hear the unrecognized device tone when I plug it into my computer, is there any hope it's still alive?
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SiriusDoggy said:
Thanks for the bad news....
Just curious though, since I hear the unrecognized device tone when I plug it into my computer, is there any hope it's still alive?
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Hard to say but I doubt it , mine died three-day ago and was like yours totally unresponsive nothing at all worked even a jig , a jig is a tiny usb that plugsvinto the bottom of your phone and gets you into recovery if you softbrick your devise they're only about £2. If your phone was bricked in anyway it would power up but get stuck on boot up but as your sayings totally dead then I think it is dead.sorry.
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Hard to say but I doubt it , mine died three-day ago and was like yours totally unresponsive nothing at all worked even a jig , a jig is a tiny usb that plugsvinto the bottom of your phone and gets you into recovery if you softbrick your devise they're only about £2. If your phone was bricked in anyway it would power up but get stuck on boot up but as your sayings totally dead then I think it is dead.sorry.
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Yeah, it's not a pretty site. I have no LED's, nothing. Boot to recovery does nothing, normal boot, nothing. I've left the battery off for a few minutes, still nothing. Looks like a new phone may be in my future....
Well, sorry I misunderstood you
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My samsung vibrant will not turn on meaning no backlight or anything, I accidently flashed a file called "s1_odin_20100512.pit". Any way to fix this? I need this for work or im screwed!
you only flashed the pit file in the Odin?
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You can't even get into dl mode? You might have to jig if you have battery...
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Same problem.
I used Odin3 v1.81 and it seemed to do it's thing as expected. But when it rebooted, it never turned back on. Now I can't get it to do anything. Can't get to download mode to try again.
Freaking out a little.
Try odin 1.7
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Same problem, I'm afraid. Can't get to download mode to use 1.7. Can't speak for iynfynity, but I'm starting to wonder if the hardware isn't just dead. This is for my wife's new handset. The radio stopped working and she just got this one today (refurbished, I believe).
Did u try all pulling the battery plug usb hold volume rocker up n down plug the battery while still holdin the rocker?
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I did. Still no indication of life of any kind. I was hoping there was some other method of reviving it but I think it is truly bricked.
Eshwonok. So what happen to your phone from the beggining?
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I did. Still no indication of life of any kind. I was hoping there was some other method of reviving it but I think it is truly bricked.
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Try making a jig
as he described, phone wont power up -> hard bricked. JIG wont help
Call Samsung (not Tmobile) and send it in for FREE repair even if you got ur phone from Craiglist (my phone is from Craiglist, no receipt, no box)
The phone is being replaced as defective. I just hope the fact that it's been rooted doesn't become a hindrance. Thanks to all for the suggestions.
Hopefully they don't pull a logcat and charge you lol
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How long has it been, that happend to me once.... 20 minutes went by and it booted up
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as he described, phone wont power up -> hard bricked. JIG wont help
Call Samsung (not Tmobile) and send it in for FREE repair even if you got ur phone from Craiglist (my phone is from Craiglist, no receipt, no box)
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Oh ya its happened before to me and other ppl so it would have been well worth a try.
Phone got unplugged (stupid dog) while odin was loading. Now phone will not do anything wont power on at all. Any ideas what i can do ?
Battery pull...wait a few mins then insert battery and try to get into download mode. Sorry bud..
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Find someone with a jig? Maybe on craigslist?
That's terrible I'm sorry.... You anywhere near Salem Oregon?
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Ouch! ..sounds like a hard brick, you may need to JTAG. Connexion25 does it. You can try download mode via jig. You can go to radio shack and make one or buy a nice tidy one already made.
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Phone got unplugged (stupid dog) while odin was loading. Now phone will not do anything wont power on at all. Any ideas what i can do ?
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I thought I had this with my captivate. I found out it still powered on by turning it on in a dark room and noticed a faint glow. Then I was finally able to get it into download mode with a jig and reflashed
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Chris97038 said:
Phone got unplugged (stupid dog) while odin was loading. Now phone will not do anything wont power on at all. Any ideas what i can do ?
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What were you trying to load? Unless you were flashing something with bootloaders (WHY????), this should not have happened.
Hi!
I have the samsung galaxy note i717, a few days ago the phone shutted down by itself while i wasn't ussing it, it read online that it was too much apps. i did the soft and hard reset and i had the same issue, so i read the next step was a factory reset. so i did it, and wipe the cache. after that, the phone started to reboot/restart by itself while i wasn't using it or wasn't charging... i did the factory reset, reboot it and even reinstalled it the firmware again on kias, but, the problem keep happening. today i left it charging for a long time and the phone won't turn on, it doesn't even show the battery logo, no download mode, no safe mode, no reset mode... and i think it is hard bricked. i read about jtag, changing the motherboard, or use a jig... i want to know what u guys think about this... i bought it on ebay and i would have to return the phone otherwise, so i'm trying to fix it by myself...
ty :fingers-crossed:
Can you still be able to go on download mode for odin?
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Can you still be able to go on download mode for odin?
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i tried but Odin doesn't recognize it
Have u tried a different cable?
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Have u tried a different cable?
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yeah i did.. i tried with different chargers and cables and it wont turn on. so odin isn't recognizing it
I've kinda seen comments that jtaggn is like pretty efficient but you would have to do alot and jign plug tht thing and c if it will wake it up. Sometimes works and sometimes doesn't depends.how bricked the note is i guess a more direct app is jtaggn
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I've read a few posts where some users have issues with the power button sticking..
Try different USB ports on your PC if you can access download mode your still good.
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JTAG is for a phone with the rom from another phone flashed to it. You can't enter recovery and Odin doesn't recognize it. It is the only way to bypass the boot and flash the correct rom.
Jig is for phones that won't go into recovery by software or buttons.
I think you have a battery issue. Trade with someone, then you will probably need the jig ($3.00 from ebay) to get into recovery.
well guys thanks a lot! but, i took it somewhere and the dude changed the battery nothing hapened and he told me i should just return it and i did. i loved that cellphone!
Hi everybody.
I was playing with my i777 and flashed a gallery file (just 1 apk) via CWM. It booted fine but crashed when using the camera and then rebooted. After reboot, it turned off and now I cannot turn it on again.
I tried download mode by removing battery, holding the two volume buttons and connecting to USB. That did nothing. I also tried USB jig which also did nothing. Connecting the phone to AC power source to see if at least the battery charging screen will show up also does nothing.
So the screen remains black with the soft buttons not lighting up. My phone is hard bricked from the looks of it. So my question is will sending this to MobileTechVideos for JTAG have a highly likelihood for unbricking or should I save the $50 and USPS charges and just buy a Nexus 4? I mean if they don't fix it, I will need a new phone anyway, heck I don't even have a spare phone.
Previous ROM was CM 10.1 03062013 nightly.
I don't even understand how that could have resulted in a brick...
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I don't even understand how that could have resulted in a brick...
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I don't either but like I mentioned above. It rebooted ok after CWM flash then hung then android rebooted. It crashed then won't respond to jig, USB, power cable.
I failed to mention that I am afraid that this is an EMMC failure and that they might not be able to fix it and I would be wasting $50.
You say you tried Download mode, but made no mention of RECOVERY. If you can get there you're not bricked.
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You say you tried Download mode, but made no mention of RECOVERY. If you can get there you're not bricked.
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Nothing works. Not even the charging screen shows up when you plug it in. No button combo is working.
Phone is not detected by ADB
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Nothing works. Not even the charging screen shows up when you plug it in. No button combo is working.
Phone is not detected by ADB
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Try these. 1) Plug in ur charger and hold the power button for bout 15 seconds. If still a no go then
2) Try using USB jig again
3) Go to MTV.
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Hmm. What gallery apk are you talking about? Did you get it from xda?
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Hmm. What gallery apk are you talking about? Did you get it from xda?
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Yeah I got it from XDA, it was supposed to be something to enable PicasaSync.
I already sent it to MTV so I think we can close this thread.
Thanks all.
Did u use rom manager?
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Did u use rom manager?
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Of course not. Flashed it with CWM recovery (or whatever recovery CM 10.1 comes with) as stated in OP.
Mobile tech video did awesome job for me phone works great now I did Heartbreak mind do I send it to mobile to video card it works great
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QUOTE=dandickerson;39665901]Mobile tech video did awesome job for me phone works great now I did Heartbreak mind do I send it to mobile to video card it works great
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I was trying to do an odin factory restore, everything looked as if it went ok. Green pass and all but no reboot on the phone. Im getting NOT a single thing from the device (no led, no screen, no downloading menu) but when plugged into the PC it recognizes something being connected and sounds off but odin won't find it either. These are the directions I followed http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=237
after flashing I noticed up on the title it says SPH-I545 but it says for verizon. Any help would be appreciated. The battery should be about 60%.
Also possible first hard brick (sch-i545)
dnar56 said:
I was trying to do an odin factory restore, everything looked as if it went ok. Green pass and all but no reboot on the phone. Im getting NOT a single thing from the device (no led, no screen, no downloading menu) but when plugged into the PC it recognizes something being connected and sounds off but odin won't find it either. These are the directions I followed
after flashing I noticed up on the title it says SPH-I545 but it says for verizon. Any help would be appreciated. The battery should be about 60%.
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I'm not exactly sure what happened to my s4. I had it rooted with the latest firmware and it was fine for days. Then I rebooted and identical symptoms described above. Please tell me....or rather us there is a way around this. Please PM me if need be. Thanks in advance.
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I was stock 4.2.2 unrooted
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Is your phone a verizon phone? Have you tried doing a battery pull and then using the key combo to boot into odin/download mode?
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yes verizon
dnar56 said:
I was trying to do an odin factory restore, everything looked as if it went ok. Green pass and all but no reboot on the phone. Im getting NOT a single thing from the device (no led, no screen, no downloading menu) but when plugged into the PC it recognizes something being connected and sounds off but odin won't find it either. These are the directions I followed
after flashing I noticed up on the title it says SPH-I545 but it says for verizon. Any help would be appreciated. The battery should be about 60%.
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Is your phone a verizon phone? Have you tried doing a battery pull and then using the key combo to boot into odin/download mode?
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Yes, I have been trying everything for hours now. I know this is only my second post, but Ive been doing this since the beginning. I have always received the help I needed via these forums, but clearly something has happened and I've soft bricked on many a droid phone and always found my way to a solution, but no lights, no vibration, yet when plugged into a computer, just as the first post mentions....it can tell a device was plugged in, but driver installation fails. I'm almost certain I hard bricked it and I'm very upset. I have an insurance policy that covers absolutely anything with a brand new device, but I have never filed a claim and can't afford to wait. I really messed up this time.....
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Same here! Never had any issues like this before, odd it happened to us both at the same time. Was your phone purchased used or new?
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Brand new several months old from Verizon Dealer
dnar56 said:
Same here! Never had any issues like this before, odd it happened to us both at the same time. Was your phone purchased used or new?
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Brand new several months old from Verizon Dealer. I never had a problem, worked like a charm always. Do you think there is a trick to get these bad boys operational again? All we need is for them to turn on and we can do the rest. I am so ticked off right now...
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I hope so. Tomorrow I'm going to delete the drivers and see what happens. I read somewhere to disconnect from PC pull out battery, hold both volume buttons down insert battery then plug it into the PC while still holding the two buttons. That didn't work for me though
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No suggestions anyone
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If you can not get into odinmode (download mode) or recovery, sounds like you are hard bricked and out of luck.
If you CAN get into odin mode, are you on Mdk or me7? Can use this method then. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259
Only other suggestion is to get the "kies" software and do an emergency update from there if it can recognize the device correctly.
From past experience when i bricked a previous smartphone, the end result was my computer would beep and recognize something was connecting, but never add it to devices would contiously beep on and off if i unplugged and plugged back in, and phone would not boot into any mode.
Damn. Thanks for the info.
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Please try
http://www.samsung.com/us/kies/
You may want to try a jig:
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=130901739957
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ztkryan said:
You may want to try a jig:
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=130901739957
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States right at the bottom no jig will fix a hard bricked phone which is what it sounds like he has unfortunately. Pretty sure the only way to fix a hard bricked phone is jtag.
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True but is it really a hard brick if the computer knows it is plugged in?
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ztkryan said:
True but is it really a hard brick if the computer knows it is plugged in?
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Yes and no haha. sometimes your pc will still make noise when you plug it in. Op google heimdall and give that a shot thats about the only thing I can think of. Never had to resort to it so cant confirm whether it works or not but its not like you have anything to lose at this point.
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Tried kies but won't recognize the phone. I uninstalled the drivers now I get no notification from the computer. I'll try the other suggestion.
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I appreciate the help
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Yes and no haha. sometimes your pc will still make noise when you plug it in. Op google heimdall and give that a shot thats about the only thing I can think of. Never had to resort to it so cant confirm whether it works or not but its not like you have anything to lose at this point.
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I don't think heimdall will work because I can't access download mode. To eBay she goes.
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Like i said i havent used it personally only read about it but from what i read you dont have to be in download mode for heimdall. You can use it to flash the original bootloader and if it takes I think youll be able to then go into download mode and revive your phone.
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